Grade 3 Neonatal Paediatric Physiotherapist

Temporary part-time until March 2026 | 16 hours a week | Work-life balance
Upper Ferntree Gully and Box Hill locations | Close to cafes and shops
Opportunity that will afford you growth and influence as a clinician and leader

Are you ready to make a positive impact on the lives of patients and be valued in your career?

Join us at Eastern Health!

Eastern Health

Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.

Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategic plan – which is to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff. We believe our people make the difference.

About the role

An exciting opportunity has developed for a 0.4 EFT Grade 3 Neonatal Paediatric Physiotherapist to join the paediatric physiotherapy team at Eastern Health. This is a fixed term opportunity, commencing February 2025 and concluding March 2026. The Grade 3 Neonatal Paediatric Physiotherapist will serve as a role model, showcasing advanced expertise and skills. This position involves leading and mentoring both individuals and teams, while maintaining current evidence-based practice, clinical skills, and knowledge in neonatal paediatric physiotherapy practice.

Eastern Health paediatric physiotherapy services are offered at Angliss and Box Hill Hospitals, providing service to the outer Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Referrals come from within Eastern Health, other tertiary hospitals, local paediatricians, and maternal and child health nurses. This role involves hands-on clinical practice and contributing to the development of collaborative services in both neonatal and paediatric physiotherapy.

Neonatal: Neurodevelopmental assessment, management, and care for pre-term infants, to align with best practice guidelines in both the inpatient (Special Care Nursery SCN), and outpatient settings
Paediatric: Short-term musculoskeletal and general paediatric physiotherapy presentations for 0-18yo in the outpatient setting

The position is based across the Angliss and Box Hill Hospital. Clinical practice and collaborative service development is required across clinical practice areas; neonatal neurodevelopmental care, and paediatric musculoskeletal outpatients.

Applicants should work autonomously as well as part of the paediatric physiotherapy team. This role involves collaboration with Easter Health’s multidisciplinary teams, including the Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service (VPRS) and the Paediatric Community Health hub. The paediatric physiotherapy team is well supported within the wider organisational physiotherapy and allied health team frameworks at Eastern Health. This position will enable you to further develop your paediatric physiotherapy skills to deliver safe, effective, evidence-based, and culturally safe care for the child and family within their home and community setting.

About you

To be successful in this role you will possess:

Engagement in regular paediatric physiotherapy team meetings and digital workplace connection
Assistance to clearly define individual scope of practice, and strategies to work with your identified areas for practice development
Case-based access to additional experienced paediatric physiotherapists through tertiary paediatric hospital sites
Inclusion within the broader active physiotherapy team at Eastern Health
The successful applicant should have the following:
Bachelor of Physiotherapy or equivalent tertiary qualification
Registration with AHPRA
Current drivers licence
Working with Children Check

Healthcare workers are strongly recommended to follow COVID vaccination recommendations provided in the Australian Immunisation handbook (based on ATAGI advice). Seasonal vaccination against influenza is a mandatory requirement of this role and an offer is conditional on this being up to date prior to employment.

What we offer

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!

Diverse and engaging career opportunities
Friendly & supportive team
Flexible working hours
Salary packaging options
Career progression in our teaching hospitals
Fitness passport for you and your family - coming soon!

Next Steps

Apply online if you feel we are a good match, you have the skills and qualities to make a difference, and are eligible to work in Australia.

We review all applications when we receive them, and we notify unsuccessful candidates.

If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check (which we will pay for). We will notify unsuccessful candidates.

Good to know:

We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
Advertising may end before the closing date.
We do not accept recruitment agency application

Contact Person: Tandy Hastings-Ison

Contact Email: tandy.hastings-ison@easternhealth.org.au

Job Posting End Date: 22/02/2025

Need help submitting your application?

Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1)

Our Values in Action:

Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day

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